Rural areas are fundamental to human well-being. Within the United States, rural areas
provide unique resources such as the infrastructure for food and bioenergy production as
well as the transportation infrastructure from inland urban centers to ports. Despite this, little
attention is paid to the unique challenges and opportunities these areas face with respect to
building and maintaining civil infrastructure.
In this ten-week summer research program, students will work with faculty and graduate
students in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to
improve our understanding of how best to address the challenges facing rural
environments. Through collaboration with industry partners, students will also be given
opportunities to learn how infrastructure challenges are currently being addressed by civil
engineering industry.
